The speaker in “Five in the Morning” looks to nature as a source of beauty during his morning walk and, after clearing his mind and processing his thoughts during the journey, he begins his return home with the feeling of being ready to begin the “uphill curve” (ln. 14) to process his daily hardships. However, although the speaker of “Five Flights Up,” shares the same difficulties as his fellow speaker, he does little to engage with nature other than observe it from the safety of his place of residence. Although she suffers from her difficulties, the speaker does little to want to help herself out of her situation, choosing instead to believe that she will be unlikely to endure recovery or lift the night's shroud that has fallen upon her. Both speakers face a journey before them, be it “the uphill curve where every spring a grove fills with birds” (ln. 14-15) or the five flights of glances before them, yet it is in their attitude that these two individuals differ. Through appreciating his surroundings in the early morning, the speaker of "Five in the Morning" finds solitude and self-realization, while the speaker of "Five Flights High" has not yet been able to realize his role in recovering from this dark period in her life and how nature can play a beneficial role in lifting her up